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after. n up Reiuued Nov. 18, 1924.

STATES Re. 15,941;` PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY P. SIKONDS, OF WASHINGTON, |.')ISTlBIC'.l` OF COLUMBIA.

i ELECTRIC DROPLIGHT SHADE.

'original' no. 1,494,193, ama nay 1s, 1924, sum1 No. 617,414, mea February e, 192e. appnoaun for To all whom t may concern:

Be itv known that I, HARRY P. SIMONDS, a citizen of the United States, residin at Washing'tom in the District of Colum ia,

l shade holders or sup orts and is intended A, throw the light to any desired tojbe used on such amp fixtures as will permit ofa shade being readily placed thereon by a uick detachable connection, and is artic arly applicable to electric dropts in common use which have a cord with a socket at its lower end for engagement with the electric bulb or to other lights mounted so that the shade may be similarly applied.

. One ob'ect in view is to provide a shade with a lho der or supporting member of this .character which ma be easilyV placed upon the lamp or removefl7 therefrom without disturbing any of the parts of the lamp or having to change any of them relatively to eachother. Another object is to provide a Idevice of this character which can be easily adjusted with respect to the lamp to l art of the room while at the same time ading the rt of the' room.

"Speaking in general terms my invention consists of a `verticall disposed semi-spherical shade having at its upper side a socket receivin support adapted to be rotatably moun on e electric light socket around the sup rtin cord, said support having a longitu inal s ot in one side thereof leading into the center of the sup ort for the reception thereinto of the rop light cord, said support also having transverse slots at opposite sides of the longitudinal slot and leading out therefrom to receive the stem of the switch-key of thelampI socket and to adapt the support to be rotated on the socket either toward the right or left without contacting with said key.

The invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the several parts as hereinafter described and claimed,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which .Fig. 1 is a front view of a shade embodymg my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, (partly broken away,) showing my improved shade in position on a drop reissue led June 3, 1924. Serial No. 717,668.

cord, the lamp and cord being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a broken top plan Aview of a shade made in accordance with member is reflector of well known form, usually made of metal. Attached to the shade at the up`- per side thereof is a sleeve-like su porting member A having a dome-shapedP closure cap 2 rigidly secured thereon. This supporting member is adapted to fit over an electric lamp socket of the usual type used in connection with incandescent electric lamps. The dome-shaped cap 2 has a central opening 2 and a slot 2b lead' out therefrom through the front side o cap. The member A has in its front side a longitudinal slot 3 which joins the slot 2h of the cap; and the margin of the shade proper is cut awa at 4 to form an o ning registerin wlth the slot 3. Lea ing out transverse y from the slot 3 on opposite sides thereof are the slots 5 for the reception of the switch-key K of the socket and to permit said su porting member A to be rotated in either direction on the socket without contacting with said key.

In placing my improved shade in operative position on a lam the cord of the lam L just above the soc et is passed laterally lnto the longitudinal slot 3 of the supporting member A until the hole 2 at the center of the cap of said supporting member is reached. The supporting member 1s then moved downwardly and is rotated into position to permit the key K to pass up through the cut away ortion 4 into position to be received into t e transverse slots 5 when the shade is rotated relative to the socket. When this position is reached the dome-shaped cap 2 of the supporting member will be resting on the upper end of the lamp socket upon which the slots 5 permit it to be r0- tated freely to cause the shade to face toward any desired part of the room, to flood that part with light while shading the rest the freely rotated thereon, it cannot be removed therefrom until it is again elevated sufficiently to pass the key K out of the vertical slot 3 and opening 4 and clear the socket.

The member A is preferably formed of a piece of sheet metal (as shown in Fig. 4) bent into the desired form with its domeshaped cap 2 rigidly secured thereon in any desired manner, as for instance, by soldering, or said member ma be stamped as anntegral construction rom sheet metal.

The blank 7 illustrated in Fig. 4 has its lower edge provided with a number of short cuts forming teeth 8, as it were, on Tthe edge of the member; and these teeth are shown in Figure 5 as being bent outwardly at right angles to the main body of the -member to form a broken flange around the lower end thereof, whereby to provide a more convenient means for rigidl Y securing the lower end of the member to theshade, either by soldering or otherwise. 0f course, the toothed flange may be omitted if desired, as the two parts can be soldered to ether without it.

Having us described my invention, what I claim as new iszl1. A shade holder of the class described having a body formed to receive and ene about a lamp socket provided with a styltch key, said body having a slot in its wall to permit the introduction of the .lamp cord by sidewise movement of the body, and means on the body laterally of the slot and disposed to receive said splitplh to rmit rotative movement o t e iiiier Peo!! the socket.

2. A s ade holder of the class described having a body formed to enclose a'lamp socket having a switch key and provided in its side wall with intersecting slots, one

of which is disposed to permit pasge of the holder over a lamp cord by a sidewise movement and the other to receive said key and rmit rotative movement. of the holder relatlve thereto,

3. A lamp shade device of the class described for application to li ht sockets, comprising a shade, a sleeve-li e socket receiving portion connected thereto and having a longitudinal cord receivin slot opening through the side thereof, an a key receiving slotextending transversely of the cord receiving slot to a sufficient extent to per mit rotative and interlocking mounting and for supporting the device upon the light socket.

4. A lamp shade holder for sustaining a shade upon a drop light socket comprising a sleeve-like supportin member having a closure cap at one en said member having a slot through the side thereof extending into the cap through which the light cord may pass by a relative lateral movement, and an intersecting key receiving slot to permit of rotation of the sleeve about the livht socket for adjustment ofthe shade.

5. combined shade and holder for electric lamps comprising a substantially tubular portion formed with a longitudinal slot and provided at one end with a'supporting.lr Cap adapted to rest upon a lamp socket, and a shade member carried by said tubular portion and having a passage extending from its open face into communicating alignment with said longitudinal slot, thereby permitting application of the holder and shade as a unit to the lamp socket b 'side and endwise movement into encirc ing sustaining engagement of the holder thereon.

In testimony whereof I aiiix` my signature. t

HARRY P. SIMONDS. 

